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The University of Wisconsin-Extension, UW Colleges and UW-Stevens Point saw the greatest rates of faculty turnover in fiscal 2018. About a quarter of faculty left UW-Extension followed by UW Colleges at around 11.5 percent and UW-Stevens Point at roughly 10.5 percent.

Wisconsin Sen. Steve Nass, is calling an exit agreement between the UW System and UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper a scam. Kopper announced her resignation Monday. It followed multiple sexual harassment investigations into her husband.

A proposal for a new high school sports stadium has caused controversy in an upscale Madison area. Edgewood High School , a private Catholic school, wants to amend its campus plan to build a stadium that will seat 1,000 people.

Video of a high school teacher in Kenosha using a racial slur in the classroom has prompted an investigation by the school district, leave for the teacher and activist calls for staff sensitivity training.